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. 2023 Mar 4;50(3):147–172. doi: 10.1007/s10928-023-09850-2

Table 2.

Summary of types of analyses and exposure metrics to consider

Exposure metric Analysis Endpoints

Single exposure metric representing the course of treatment or exposure to the time of the event:

*Ctrough, *Cavg, *AUCss, *Cmax, Cobs, *time above a treshold concentration

KM Curves, Cox proportional hazards

Logistic regression

Empirical myelosuppression models

PFS, EFS, OS

ORR, CR, MRD, AE grades,

Myelosuppression grades

Longitudinal exposure (time-varying exposure):

*C(t), *Ctrough(t), *Cave(t)

Multi-state models

Parametric time-to-event

Markov models

Tumor growth dynamics

Time-course of myelosuppression

Disease progression models

SLD-TTE

PFS, EFS, OS,

AE events

SLD

neutropenia, lymphopenia,

anemia, and thrombocytopenia,

Time-course of biomarkers as surrogates of efficacy

AE adverse event, AUCss area under the curve at steady-state, CR complete response, Cavg average concentration calculated as the ratio of cumulative AUC over the timeframe for the cumulative exposure, Cmax maximum concentration, Cobs observed concentration, Ctrough concentration prior to dose, EFS event free survival, KM Kaplan–Meier, MRD minimal residual disease, ORR objective response rate, OS overall survival, PFS progression free survival, SLD sum of the longest diameter, TTE time-to-event

*Model predicted/estimated exposure metrics